Carriage-top prop



(No Model.)

E. P. SARGENT.

. CARRIA GB 'TOP PROP.

No. 3 4,045. Patented May 31, 1887.

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' UNITE STATES PATENT CFFICE.

EDWARD P. SARGENT, on MERRIMAG, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE-TOPIPROP.

SFECIPICATZEON forming part of Letters Patent hi0. 364,045, dated May 31, 1887.

Application filed March 19, 1887.

invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhieh- Figure 1 is a perspective view of as much of the seat and top of 'a carriage as will be sufficient to illustrate the position of my inn.

proved prop-joint. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the prop, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parts of the joint separated and shown in the order in which they are secured together. I

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to prop-joints for carriage-tops; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a joint, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the rail of the seat, and the main bolt 2 of the joint projects laterally from this rail and consists of a larger square portion, 3, a reduced square portion, 4, and a screw-threaded end, 5.

A sleeve, 6, of wood or similar material,- is fitted upon the larger square inner portion of the bolt, and has a circular recess, 7, in its outer end, into which the reduced and round portion 8 of a washer or collar, 9, fits, the said collar having a central perforation, 10,

- square at its inner portion, 11, and cylindrigle-arm,15, supporting the top, is pivoted upon this cylindrical bushing. Anut, 16, fits upon the outer end of the bolt and bears against the outer end of the bushing, securing the same in place upon the bolt, and the bushing is formed Serial No. 231,485. (No model.)

with a flange, 17, at its outer end, which separates the eye of the prop from the nut, preventing the moving of the prop, audits eye from moving the nut.

It will be seen thatby having the eye turning upon the cylindrical bushing, and by having it confined between the collar and the flange upon the bushing, theprop may be tilted without any danger of the securing-nut being disturbed, as the bushing will remain stationary, and the nut only bears against the flanged end of the bushing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim v and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a prop-joint for carriage-tops, the combination of a bolt having a collar secured upon it, a.bushing secured from turning upon the bolt and having its inner end inserted partly into the collar and having a flange at its outer end, a prop-arm having its eye fitting and. turning upon the cylindrical bushing between the collar and flange, and a nut upon the end of the bolt securing the bushing, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a prop-joint for vehicle-tops, the combination of a bolt having alargersquareinner portion and a reduced square portion and a screw-threaded end, a sleeve fitting with its square perforation upon the bolt and having a circular recess in its outer end, a collar having its inner reduced portion fitting in the recess of the sleeve and having its central perforation formedwith asquare inner portion and with a cylindrical outer portion, acylindrical bushing fitting with its square perforation upon the reduced square portion of the bolt and having 9 a flange at its outer end and having its inner end fitted into the cylindrical portion of the bore in the collar, a prop-arm having its eye fitting and turning upon the bushing between the flange and the collar,and a nut fitting upon the outer end of the bolt, securing all the parts 7 upon the bolt, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim-the foregoing as my own Ihave hereunto affixed my signature in I presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD P. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

SIMPSON A. McOoNNELL, M. PERRY SARGENT. 

